Hackernews posts about Congress

Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate, which make laws for the country.

1. Experts testify at UFO hearing in Congress (text.npr.org)
   41 points by samizdis 20 days ago | 99 comments
2. Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change [video] (www.youtube.com)
   27 points by RicoElectrico 18 days ago | 2 comments
3. Congress hears testimony on aliens (www.theregister.com)
   18 points by rbanffy 18 days ago | 73 comments
4. US Congress to hold second hearing on UFOs in attempt to 'pull back curtain' (www.theguardian.com)
   10 points by c420 20 days ago | 5 comments
5. Tell HN: Urgent write Congress on patent trolls: stop PERA S2140 PREVAIL S2220
   5 points by exabrial 21 days ago | 1 comments
6. US Congressman accuses SMIC of making 7nm chips for China violating US sanctions (www.tomshardware.com)
   5 points by csomar 25 days ago | discuss
7. Tech bros bought 'America's most pro-crypto Congress' (www.cnbc.com)
   4 points by donsupreme 10 days ago | 1 comments
8. Congressman Massie Invents Automated Chicken-Tractor (twitter.com)
   4 points by Zaheer 26 days ago | 1 comments
9. US Congress will hold another UFO hearing today (www.space.com)
   4 points by Brajeshwar 20 days ago | discuss
10. UAP Report to US Congress (Nov 2024) [pdf] (mace.house.gov)
    2 points by mojomark 9 days ago | 1 comments
11. 38C3 Community Stages CfP (Chaos Communication Congress) (content.events.ccc.de)
    2 points by opengears 18 days ago | 1 comments
12. The impact of 25 people on Congressional voting (medium.com)
    2 points by okish 28 days ago | 1 comments
13. AI Policy in the Trump Administration and Congress After the 2024 Elections (www.rstreet.org)
    1 points by atlasunshrugged 24 days ago | 1 comments
14. Dongzi Securities Big Data Research Report on Public Opinion
    1 points by dongzi 23 days ago | discuss
15. Experts testify before lawmakers that the U.S. is running secret UAP programs (www.npr.org)
    5 points by nataz 20 days ago | 1 comments
16. US-China Commission top recommendation: Manhattan project for race to AGI [pdf] (www.uscc.gov)
    4 points by moondistance 14 days ago | discuss
17. User ID verification: A solution to social media's problems (thehill.com)
    2 points by janandonly 29 days ago | 2 comments
18. Wednesday UAP Hearing (old.reddit.com)
    1 points by Ziggy_Zaggy 19 days ago | 1 comments
19. Book About the Aftermath of the Civil War (www.politico.com)
    1 points by Tomte 28 days ago | discuss
20. The $5000 Compression Challenge (2001) (www.patrickcraig.co.uk)
    181 points by ekiauhce 10 days ago | 185 comments
21. JPEG compress your LLM weights (pepijndevos.nl)
    3 points by kolbe 1 day ago | 2 comments
22. Show HN: A P2P Web App for Chat, File Transfer, and Video Calls (github.com)
    21 points by 99precentpeople 3 days ago | 5 comments
23. Should I worry about being targeted in China as a small hardware startup owner?
    12 points by brazed_blotch 4 days ago | 7 comments
24. Ask HN: Framework for Quick Python or Java and Web UIs?
    1 points by PaulHoule about 21 hours ago | 6 comments
25. Information Batteries (2021) [pdf] (raghavan.usc.edu)
    11 points by compressedgas 3 days ago | 1 comments
26. Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI (www.reuters.com)
    914 points by vforgione over 1 year ago | 1214 comments
27. TikTok banned on government devices under spending bill passed by Congress (www.cnbc.com)
    381 points by mfiguiere almost 2 years ago | 253 comments
28. Help the Library of Congress create games to improve public knowledge of civics (blogs.loc.gov)
    367 points by aaronbrethorst over 1 year ago | 211 comments
29. Open source AI is critical – Hugging Face CEO before US Congress (venturebeat.com)
    352 points by thibo_skabgia over 1 year ago | 75 comments
30. A UK college student explaining congressional procedure to Washington (www.politico.com)
    338 points by andytratt 9 months ago | 143 comments
31. US Congress doubles down on claims of illegal UFO retrieval programs (thehill.com)
    312 points by fork-bomber over 1 year ago | 639 comments
32. NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless data harvesting, again (www.theregister.com)
    307 points by LinuxBender almost 2 years ago | 143 comments
33. Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars (www.niemanlab.org)
    291 points by giuliomagnifico about 2 months ago | 572 comments
34. Congress passes legislation to end US participation in global shark fin trade (www.humanesociety.org)
    283 points by geox almost 2 years ago | 167 comments
35. CitizenDJ – Make music using free audio and video from the Library of Congress (citizen-dj.labs.loc.gov)
    266 points by mindcrime 3 months ago | 24 comments
36. CCC Invites to the 37th Chaos Communication Congress in Hamburg (www.ccc.de)
    255 points by Tomte about 1 year ago | 136 comments
37. US spies are buying Americans’ data – Congress has a new chance to stop it (www.wired.com)
    238 points by arkadiyt over 1 year ago | 95 comments
38. 72-year-old Congressman pursues a Master's in AI (www.washingtonpost.com)
    226 points by HillRat almost 2 years ago | 134 comments
39. Senators propose law that bans members of Congress from trading stocks (www.msn.com)
    195 points by mandeepj over 1 year ago | 79 comments
40. Congress accidentally legalized THC six years ago (www.theatlantic.com)
    192 points by fortran77 5 months ago | 182 comments
41. iFixit wants Congress to let it hack McDonald’s ice cream machines (www.theverge.com)
    185 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 2 comments
42. Schedule 37th Chaos Communication Congress (fahrplan.events.ccc.de)
    179 points by y04nn 11 months ago | 16 comments
43. US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’ (www.wired.com)
    167 points by jbotdev over 1 year ago | 101 comments
44. Congress gets 40 ChatGPT Plus licenses to start experimenting with generative AI (fedscoop.com)
    159 points by occamschainsaw over 1 year ago | 128 comments
45. Tell Congress: Stop the TikTok Ban. Instead, Protect Our Data No Matter Who (act.eff.org)
    151 points by freedomben 9 months ago | 189 comments
46. Carl Sagan testifying before Congress on climate change (1985) [video] (www.youtube.com)
    146 points by thunderbong over 1 year ago | 189 comments
47. EFF Call to Action: Tell Congress to Stop 'Kids Online Safety Act' (act.eff.org)
    142 points by fwungy about 1 year ago | 48 comments
48. EFF: Tell Congress: We Can't Afford More Bad Patents (act.eff.org)
    140 points by camkego 9 months ago | 59 comments
49. Senators strike bipartisan deal for ban on stock trading by members of Congress (www.cnbc.com)
    128 points by donsupreme 5 months ago | 53 comments
50. Super Mario Bros. theme part of the 2023 Library of Congress registry (www.loc.gov)
    107 points by segasaturn over 1 year ago | 65 comments
51. ChatGPT’s Sam Altman Calls on Congress to Adopt Safety Standards for AI Systems (www.wsj.com)
    106 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 2 comments
52. SVB chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations (www.theguardian.com)
    104 points by nemoniac over 1 year ago | 105 comments
53. 37C3 Unlocked (37th Chaos Communication Congress) (events.ccc.de)
    99 points by qwertox 11 months ago | 8 comments
54. Ex-congressman convicted of insider trading before T-Mobile merger with Sprint (www.nbcnews.com)
    98 points by perihelions about 1 year ago | 33 comments
55. Congress wants AM radio in all new cars – trade groups say that’s a mistake (arstechnica.com)
    90 points by mkolassa over 1 year ago | 194 comments